The group first achieved commercial success in 1969, with the folk-tinged blues album Stand Up, which reached No. 1 in the UK charts, and they toured regularly in the UK and the US. Their musical style shifted in the direction of progressive rock with the albums Aqualung (1971), Thick as a Brick (1972) and A Passion Play (1973), and shifted again to hard rock mixed with folk rock with Songs from the Wood (1977) and Heavy Horses (1978). Jethro Tull have sold over 60 million albums worldwide,[3] with 11 gold and five platinum albums among them.[4] They have been described by Rolling Stone as "one of the most commercially successful and eccentric progressive rock bands".[5]

The last works as a group to contain new material were released in 2003, though the band continued to tour until 2011. In April 2014, as he was concentrating on his solo career, Anderson said that Jethro Tull were finished.[6]

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Jethro Tull - The String Quartets

Album

Jethro Tull - The String Quartets is an album by Jethro Tull, released on March 24, 2017.

Songs and Horses

Song

Songs and Horses is a song by Jethro Tull, released on January 16, 2017.

Ring Out These Bells

Song

Ring Out These Bells is a song by Jethro Tull, released on December 19, 2016.

Pass the Bottle

Song

Pass the Bottle is a song by Jethro Tull, released on December 5, 2016.